John McNicholl

John was born and raised in a small village called Foreglen in Derry in the north of Ireland. He is one of 15 children. John’s first taste of stage performance began when he was a young boy performing in local amateur musicals. In his teenage years John worked hard in school and grew up listening to great country artists from both America and Ireland such as Vince Gill, Dolly Parton, George Jones, Keith Urban & Leanne Womack.

In 2006 John was the proud recipient of the Best Newcomer Award from Country Music UK. Among other great highlights of John’s singing career to date include sharing a stage with Daniel O’ Donnell and Sir Cliff Richard at the Kincasslagh Festival, County Donegal. John also played support to the legendary Sir Elton John.

John was introduced to the big stage by Daniel O’Donnell in 2006. After performing in venues throughout Ireland, and then throughout the UK, John soon became a firm favourite with Daniel’s audiences , and now a days they travel the length and breath of the UK to see John perform. John has gained a lot of female admirers in places internationally for his dark handsome looks, in 2011 John performed as one of the main guests at the Wembley Country Music Festival which was headlined by Reba McIntyre and many more famous names, which John also performed throughout Europe with the same festival. One of John’s major successes throughout the world has been performing a week long concert tour at the famous Dollywood Festival in the US hosted by Dolly Parton.